Charles Stross

Thursday, 04 November 2021

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Readers reply: how can the economy grow year on year without limit – and why is this desirable?

The Observer 21 Feb 2021

How can a country’s economy apparently grow year on year without limit, and why is this thought to be desirable?. Richard Saunders, Dagenham ... Readers reply ... The novel Accelerando [by Charles Stross] takes this to its ridiculous but logical conclusion, where man’s exponential need for computation resources rapidly consumes the entire solar system ... .

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Authors condemn Saudi Arabia's bid to host World Science Fiction Convention

The Guardian 28 Jul 2020

Led by fantasy author Anna Smith Spark,writers including Charles Stross, Juliet McKenna, Stan Nicholls and Catriona Ward have ...

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The Libertarian History of Science Fiction

Quillette 12 Jun 2020

Science fiction is by its very nature progressive. It’s baked into the cake, they say. This is a superficially plausible claim ... Paul Wilson to those of a more flexible classical liberal bent like Ray Bradbury, David Brin, Charles Stross, Ken McLeod, and Terry Pratchett, libertarian-leaning authors have had an outsized, lasting influence on the field ... .

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British Nazi set self on fire trying to burn down synagogue

Boing Boing 08 Jan 2020

A British man was sentenced to indefinite detention, according to the BBC, after having been caught on camera attempting to burn down a synagogue and instead burning down himself. [Via Charles Stross] ... .

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Jeff Bezos’ space plans stir up old science fiction

Gulf News 19 May 2019

Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos recently debuted a new lunar landing module, to be constructed by his space exploration company, Blue Origin ... Musk wants to get people to Mars ... Charles Stross has written a classic rejoinder to both O’Neill’s arguments about the “High Frontier” of space and proposals for planetary colonisation ... .